Senior Release Train Engineer

BNY Mellon; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Sr. Release Train Engineer to lead agile transformations and facilitate development processes. In this pivotal role, you will coach teams and leaders in Lean-Agile practices, ensuring smooth execution and continuous improvement. You will foster a culture of collaboration and transparency, guiding teams through the complexities of program management while driving value delivery. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence agile practices across multiple initiatives in a dynamic environment. Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and empowers its employees to thrive.

Benefits

Flexible benefits

Generous paid leaves

Wellbeing programs

Access to global resources

Qualifications

• Expertise in the Release Train Engineer role for large initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of Lean-Agile principles and effective facilitation.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate development events and processes to assist teams in delivering value.
• Coach leaders and teams in SAFe and agile mindsets.
• Manage risks and dependencies while ensuring strategy alignment.

Skills

Lean-Agile principles

Agile methodologies

Facilitation skills

Coaching and mentoring

Conflict resolution

Agile project management

Education

Agile certifications (SAFe RTE, SPC, CSM)

Job description

Overview

Sr. Release Train Engineer

Bring your ideas. Make history.
BNY Mellon offers an exciting array of future-forward careers at the intersection of business, finance, and technology. We are one of the world's top asset management and banking firms that manages trillions of dollars in assets, custody and/or administration. Known as the "bank of banks" - 97% of the world's top banks work with us as we lead and serve our customers into the new era of digital.

With over 238 years of rich history and industry firsts, BNY Mellon has been built upon our proven ability to evolve, lead, and drive new ideas at every turn. Today, we're approximately 50,000 employees across 35 countries with a culture that empowers you to grow, take risks, experiment and be yourself. This is what #LifeAtBNYMellon is all about.

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Sr. Release Train Engineer to join our team. This role can be based out of our NYC, NY, Lake Mary, FL, or Pittsburgh, PA offices - Hybrid.

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:

• The RTE facilitates process and execution and drives a culture of continuous improvement and integration by fostering a community of practice.
• They lead and/or participate in lean-agile transformations, coach leadership, and other teams in agile mindsets and new processes. They act as a servant leader and coach for the Agile Release Train (ART) or product.
• They work with the Agile Program Management Office on program execution and operational excellence and understand and operate within Lean Budgets to ensure adherence to Guardrails.
• Facilitates the development events, process and execution. They help ensure value delivery, and help drive a culture of continuous improvement.
• Coach leaders, teams and Scrum Masters in SAFe, agile mindsets and new processes.
• Manage and optimize the flow through the program.
• Work with Product and Solution Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment.
• Facilitate the PI planning event. Summarize Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency.
• Escalate and track impediments. Help manage risks and dependencies and report status.
• Improve the flow of value through value streams by improving and assessing the practices associated with DevOps and Release on Demand in the Continuous Delivery Pipeline.
• Facilitate System Demos. Drive relentless improvement via Inspect and Adapt workshops; assess the agility level of the ART and help them improve. Foster Communities of Practice and the use of engineering and Built-In Quality practices.

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:

Expertise

• Expertise in playing the Release Train Engineer role for large initiatives, programs or Agile Release Trains.
• Strong knowledge of Lean-Agile principles, practices, frameworks, and methods.
• Effective facilitation and teaching methods.
• Coaching and mentoring approaches, including the distinction between the two.
• Ability to drive decisions and resolve conflicts across multiple parties.
• Experience successfully running agile projects of varying size and complexity.
• Preferred to have Agile certifications including SAFe RTE, SPC, CSM.

Our Benefits:

BNY Mellon offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

The Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a servant leader and coach for the Agile Release Train (ART) or product. The RTE's major responsibilities are to facilitate the development events and processes and assist the teams in delivering value. RTEs communicate with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risk, and drive relentless improvement. The Principal RTE facilitates process and execution and drives a culture of continuous improvement and integration by fostering community of practice. They lead and/or participate in lean-agile transformations, coach leadership, and other teams in agile mindsets and new processes. They work with the Agile Program Management Office on program execution and operational excellence and understand and operate within Lean Budgets to ensure adherence to Guardrails. Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in SAFe. Manage and optimize the flow through the program and facilitate PI Planning and readiness. Aggregate Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives. Work with the Agile Program Management Office on program execution and operational excellence. Understand and operate within Lean Budgets and ensure adherence to Guardrails. Escalate and track impediments. Ensure strategy and execution alignment. Help manage risks and dependencies and report status.